AMUncttlar Fanning, Saturday, April 11,1998
Clifford Jones, a well-known
political analyst and state govern
ment leader, will be the guest
speaker at the 18th Annual State
wide FARMER Dinner. He will
discuss “Pennsylvania Politics
and You.”
FARMER (Farmers Allied for
Responsive More Effective Rep
resentation) is the bipartisan poli
tical action committee of the
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB).
FARMER is dedicated to help
elect and keep “friends of agricul
ture’* in die Pennsylvania General
Assembly. •
The FARMER fund-raising
event will take place Monday,
May 4 at the Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center, Hcrshey. The
event will begin with a reception
at S;3O p.m., followed by the din
ner at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for the FARMER Ban
quet are $125 per person, or $175
with spouse. To order tickets, send
a personal check, payable to
“FARMER” to: Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau, Governmental Re-
Safe Drinking Water
Clinic
CLARION (Clarion
Co.) On May 4, Cla
rion County residents
will have a chance to
learn more about man
aging their private well
or spring at a safe drink
ing water clinic.
The clinic will be
held at the Clarion
County Cooperative Ex
tension Office, May
field Professional
Building, Clarion, from
7 pan. -9pjn. at a cost
of $2 per person.
Extension agents
from Forest and Warren
counties will be discuss
ing “Managing Your
Water Supply To Avoid
Contamination,” “Com
mon Water Contamin
ants,” “Standards of
Water Quality,” and
“Water Treatment Op
tions.”
A water test is being
offered for any single
family unit getting then
water from a well or
spring. The test will ’
for iron, total dissolved
solids, and pH. A fresh
sample of about one pint
is needed and should r
brought in a clean jar.
To register for the
water clinic, contact the
Clarion County Co
operative Extension Of
fice, Mayfield Profes
sional Building, RR 3,
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ladons Division, P.O. Box 8736,
Camp Hill, PA 17001-8736.
Deadline for ordering tickets is
April 20.
“Cliff Jones has made a career
in public service as a negotiator,
administrator and problem
solver,” said FARMER committee
chairman Ed Hartman of Reading.
“He brings a wealth of experience
on the workings of government
which is sure to enlighten those at
tending the FARMER banquet”
Jones has served under four
governors in cabinet positions as
secretary of Commerce, of labor
and Industry, and of the former
Department of Environmental Re
sources. He also served as a mem
ber of the Public Utility Commis
sion including a brief stint as its
chairman.
In die private sector, Jones was
president of the political action
committee. Pennsylvanians for
Effective Government, for four
yean. Under his the
PAC’s political budget climbed to
over $200,000 each election year.
He was also chairman of die Re
publican State Committee of
Pennsylvania for four years and
during the period erased a
$600,000 debt which he had in
herited. In addition, he was presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Chamber
of Business and Industry from
1983 until his retirement in 1991.
He was successful in forming
coalitions to lobby for a broad
spectrum of issues that have sus
tained and improved the business
climate in Pennsylvania.
Jones is presently co-chair of
Governor Ridge’s BRAC PAC, a
volunteer position created to help
save defense industry jobs in
Pennsylvania. He is also executive
director of the Pennsylvania
Health Care Cost Containment
Council In addition, he serves on
25 other boards and commissions.
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—Last week. Keystone Farm Cre
dit scheduled its annual series of
meetings few customers at Yoder’s
Restaurant in New Holland and at
the Holiday Inn and Conference
Center in Fogclsvillc.
Philip Kimmel, president and
CEO of the farmer-owned
cooperative, announced that stock
holders of Keystone Farm Credit
will receive patronage refund
checks for 1997. The patronage
refund for borrowers of Keystone
Farm Credit will total more than
$4.5 million. Borrowers will
receive, on average, 15.42 percent
of the interest Farm Credit earned
on their loons for 1997.
Also, the results of die elections
at the meetings ate:
Nominating committee: Region
1 (Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester,
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